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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Marc Boldt may be the quietest of the three county commissioners during meetings, but count on him to ask the good questions, the ones for which there are no easy answers. During Wednesday’s board time, administrator Bill Barron told commissioners the flag display on the sixth floor of the Clark County Public Service Center was […]

Marc Boldt may be the quietest of the three county commissioners during meetings, but count on him to ask the good questions, the ones for which there are no easy answers. During Wednesday’s board time, administrator Bill Barron told commissioners the flag display on the sixth floor of the Clark County Public Service Center was […]

Since I’ve blogged about people who don’t support charging a countywide admissions tax to bring the Yakima Bears to Vancouver, I’ll give equal time to those who do. Mike Bomar, executive director of the Southwest Washington Contractor’s Association who started the Facebook page “Bring Pro Baseball to Vancouver,” sent out the following letter Wednesday, which […]

A day after I blogged about the fact that opponents of a proposal to bring baseball to Vancouver seem very sensitive about making it clear they luvvvv baseball but just don’t like the tax, Commissioner Tom Mielke proved my point. Now, while some local officials, including Vancouver City Councilors Larry Smith and Jack Burkman, preference […]

Yesterday was The Columbian’s editorial board meeting interviewing the three candidates for August’s primary for Vancouver City Council Position No. 6: Councilor Pat Campbell, Anne McEnerny-Ogle and Bill Turlay. The conversation is held between the editorial board and the candidates. Reporters are allowed to sit in the back, but don’t ask questions. All of it […]

After listening to people talk about why they oppose a proposal to bring minor league baseball to Vancouver, I feel the need to share something that might be unpopular: I don’t particularly enjoy baseball. Don’t get me wrong. Build a stadium, don’t build a stadium. People have made good arguments on both sides, and I’m […]

By now, Battle Ground Deputy Mayor Phil Haberthur’s affinity for pop music has become common knowledge. We’ve devoted two blog posts to it: One about Haberthur attending a Britney Spears concert; the other about a Miley Cyrus poster in his office. But this may be taking things too far. Rumor is this photo of Haberthur […]

The excellent Fire in the Park fundraiser event is this Saturday, and we all know Vancouver City Councilor Bart Hansen loves public safety. He loves public safety enough to pose, high school senior photo style, on a fire engine: Best comment? Al Angelo III’s: “What month of the calendar is this!?!” Hansen will emcee the […]

We received a press release today from the city of Vancouver that the city is looking for a cover photo for the next “Cycling the Cities” bicycle map. The full press release is below, but the meeting mavens don’t think this is even a contest. Obviously this classic pic of Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and […]

Andrea’s observation today that the Oregon state motto, “She Flies With Her Own Wings,” is pretty awesome got us looking up the state mottos. And wondering what Clark County’s motto should be … it’s hard to pick a phrase that encompasses the mood of the entire county. “Want fries with that?” would work well for […]